Judges · Chapter 10

[ edit] Aftir Abymalech roos a duyk in Yrael, Thola, þe ſone of Phua, þe faders broþir of Abymalech, a man of Yſachar, þat dwellide in Sanyr, of þe hil of Effraym; and he demyde Irael þre and twenti ȝeer, and he is deed, and biried in Sanyr. To whom cam after Jayr Galadites, þat demede Irael bi two and twenti ȝeer; hauynge þretti ſones, ſittynge vpon þretti coltis of aſſis, and princis of þretti cytees, þe whiche of þe name of hym ben clepid Anochiayr, þat is, þe burghis of Jayr, vnto þe day þat is nowe, in þe loond of Galaad. And Jayr is deed, and biryed in þe place to þe which is þe name Camon.

Forſoþe þe ſones of Yrael to oold ſynnes ioynynge newe, diden yuels in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord, and ſerueden to mawmettis, Baalym and Aſtaroþ, and to goddis of Syrye, and of Sidon, and of Moab, and of þe ſones of Amon, and of Philiſtiym; and þei laften þe Lord, and heryeden not hym. Aȝens whom þe Lord wexe wrooþ, and took hem into þe hoondis of Philiſtiym, and of þe ſones of Amon. And þei ben tourmentid, and hidouſly oppreſſid bi eiȝteen ȝeer, alle þat dwelliden biȝonde Jordan in þe loond of Ammorre, þat is in Galaad, in ſo mych, þat þe ſones of Amon, Jordan ouerpaſſid, waſtiden Judam and Beniamyn and Effraym; and Yrael is tormentid wel myche.

And criynge to þe Lord þei ſeiden, We han ſynned to þee, for we han forſakun oure God, and ſerueden to Baalym. To whom þe Lord ſpak, Wheþer not þe Egipciens, and Amorreis, and þe ſones of Amon, and of Philiſtiym, Sidoneus forſoþe, and Amalech, and Chanaan oppreſſiden ȝou, and ȝe han cried to me, and Y haue delyueryd ȝou fro þe hoondis of hem? And neuerþelater ȝe han forſake me, and heried alien goddis; þerfor I ſhal not adde, þat eny more I delyuer ȝou. Gooþ, and inwardli clepiþ þe goddis þe whiche ȝe han choſen; delyuer þei ȝou in þe tyme of angwiſh. And þe ſones of Yrael ſeiden to þe Lord, We han ſynned; ȝeeld þow to vs what euere þing pleſiþ to þee; oneli nowe delyuer vs.

Þe whiche ledynge alle þingis fro her cooſtis, þrewen out þe mawmettis of alien goddis, and ſerueden to þe Lord; þe which ſorewide vpon þe wrecchidnes of hem. And ſo þe ſones of Amon criynge togidre in Galaad piȝten tentis, aȝens whom þe ſones of Yrael gedryd in Maſphat ſetten tentis. And þe princis of Galaad ſeiden eche to his neiȝbors, He, þat firſt of ȝou aȝen þe ſones of Amon bigynneþ to fiȝt, ſhal be þe duyk of þe puple of Galaad.